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| Asytesta doriae from New Guinea. Museum specimen | |
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| Asytesta doriae
Kirsch, 1879
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Asytesta doriae is a species of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. [1] [2]
Taxonomy
Asytesta [3] is now considered a senior synonym of Zygara [4] and Zygara doriae [5] [6] [7] [8] is returned to its original combination with Asytesta. [1]
Etymology
The Latin species name doriae has been dedicated to the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria by the German entomologist Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Papua New Guinea and is known only from the Yule Island. [1]
Description
Asytesta doriae can reach a length of 3.4–4.6 millimetres (0.13–0.18 in). Body is sub-globular, longer than broad, with a deep basal row of puncture on the elytra, a serrate prefemoral tooth, and light reddish-brown antennae and tarsi. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d Setliff, Gregory P. (2012). "Revision of Asytesta Pascoe, 1865, with comments on the phylogeny of the Indo-Australian crowned weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)". Zootaxa. 3462 (1): 1–125. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3462.1.1.
- ^ GP Setliff - 2007 Zootaxa, Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region
- ^ Electronic Catalogue of Weevil names Archived November 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Pascoe. 1885. LIST OF THE CURCULIONIDAE OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO COLLECTED by D.' ODOARDO BECCARI , L. M. D'ALBERTIS, and others, in Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (2) II
- ^ Catalogue of Life
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ GBIF